Japanese Innovation Makes Wind Turbines Storm-Proof
I have an article showing a video of a wind turbine torn apart by heavy winds. In fact, if you research more, you'll find out that this is the reason the wind turbines are placed in pristine fields, with no houses close to them and each turbine has to have a safety distance from the others. In case of a storm, if one falls down... you get the picture.
Linde`s Ionic Hydrogen Compressor Offering Better Fueling Stations
In this new era of alternative fuels, oil companies can't just stand there and watch electricity and hydrogen take the place of their classic beloved petrol consuming machines. The best strategy they found is the most common-sensed one: get involved little by little in the business, adapt to the market's needs, and perhaps change your image to the public from black oil to green leaves.
Atlantic City Convention Center Installed 2.4 MW Solar Powered Rooftop
13,400 modules, manufactured by the Chinese company Trina Solar, provide 2,4 MW at peak capacity, equivalent to the needs of 280 American houses. The energy generated will reduce the building's electricity bills with 25% and in it's lifetime of 20 years the solar panels will save about $4.4 million.
Nano-Abrasive Material Makes Self-Cleaning Solar Cells
Scientists from GIT (Georgia Institute of Technology) have invented a new solar cell surface treatment that could be applied to existing solar cells technology, and that could boost the light absorption into the cell. It also has self-cleaning capabilities.
Butane Fuel Cell, a Viable Solution to Replace Lithium-Ion Batteries
A company called Lilliputian Systems has developed a fuel cell to replace Lithium-Ion Batteries in electronics industry. It will be very interesting to see how science will be able to evolve from this point on as the new fuel cell system that runs on butane cartridges is able to replace heavy laptop and mobile batteries.
75% Efficient Solar Powered Air Conditioning System
Le Lievre, co-founder and former CEO of Ausra, now founder of Chromasun, is planning to launch a very efficient solar powered air conditioning system in the first quarter of 2010.
New Palladium Nanoparticles Making Fuel Cells Better
Nowadays, the cost of a hydrogen fuel cell is mostly increased by the cost of its components, and mostly by platinum. In the search for finding better materials for making fuel cells, researchers have already found alternatives to the expensive platinum a long time ago, but they were not as efficient. One of this substitute materials is palladium - far cheaper and much more abundant, but that didn't have enough surface area to make the fuel cell catalysis efficient.
Solar Powered System Heats Your Home During Winter
Boston-based Practical Solar comes with an interesting house heating offer and, with the help of a millennium-old technology, aided by computer software, wants to bring heat in your homes directly from the sun. Simpler said, they projected a set of mirrors to beam their light on your house.
New Supercapacitor Can Give 1MW/kg/sec of Electricity
If we pursue the road towards the full electric car, we must find ourselves the energy storage that can bear at least the power of gasoline. As far as today, batteries, supercapacitors and hydrogen have been the ways to follow for powering an electric car. Of the three, the supercapacitors have a great advantage: they can charge and discharge very quickly, giving instant torque to the electric car's motor.
BMW Develops Hydrogen Powered ICE Based on Diesel Technology
It's a known fact that diesel engines are more efficient than the gasoline ones, and that is because they work a little differently on the ignition side. Diesel engines compress the fuel to a point where it heats and explodes, a process known as self-ignition. On the other hand, diesel engines are still polluting the atmosphere.
